ED41B
The Role of Scientists as Communicators: Practice, Research, and Reflection I

Thursday, 17 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
310 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Heidi A Roop, GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand; Victoria University of Wellington, Science in Society, Wellington, New Zealand
Conveners:  Samuel Michael Illingworth, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, Sarah DeWitt, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Saskia M van Manen, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom; The Netherlands Red Cross, Resilience Advisory Unit, The Hague, Netherlands
Chairs:  Heidi A Roop, Victoria University of Wellington, Science in Society, Wellington, New Zealand; GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Sarah DeWitt, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Saskia M van Manen, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaisons:  Heidi A Roop, Victoria University of Wellington, Science in Society, Wellington, New Zealand; GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
08:00
ED41B-01
AAAS Communicating Science Program: Reflections on Evaluation (75859)
Jeanne Braha, American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
08:15
ED41B-02
Flash Mob Science – Increasing Seismic Hazard Awareness and Preparedness in Oregon (Invited) (59382)
Jeremy S Hoffman, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States and Douglas S Lownsbery, Oregon State University, College of Education, Corvallis, OR, United States
08:30
ED41B-03
A Seismic Shift: Evaluating Changes in Scientists’ Attitudes Regarding Journalists and Science Communication After Media Workshops (78003)
Sara McBride, Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Wellington, New Zealand and Dacia Herbulock, Science Media Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
08:45
ED41B-04
Personal Storytelling and Narrative as a Means for Climate Scientists to Engage and Inform Public Audiences - Illustrated by the Play '2071 - The World We'll Leave Our Grandchildren' Comissioned by the Royal Court Theatre, London and the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg (59107)
Chris G Rapley, University College London, London, United Kingdom
09:00
ED41B-05
Two Bears Walk Into a Bar…. A Quest to Communicate Climate Change Ends in Puppets and Sketches and Songs (75249)
Josh K Willis, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Rani O'Brien, Self Employed, Los Angeles, United States
09:15
ED41B-06
Podcasting as an Effective Medium for Direct Science Communication and Outreach to the General Public (65144)
Abraham J Padilla1,2, Ryan J Haupt2,3, Patrick Wheatley2 and Charles J Barnhart2,4, (1)Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, (2)Science... sort of, Lorton, VA, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (4)Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States
09:30
ED41B-07
Role of Public Outreach in the University Science Mission: Publishing K-12 Curriculum, Organizing Tours, and Other Methods of Engagement (80965)
Timothy M Dittrich, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
09:45
ED41B-08
NASA's Earth Observatory: 16 Years of Communicating with and for Scientists (82326)
Kevin Ward, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
 
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